Indeed. Hollywood loves to play the blame game. Why is it always...
* Piracy * Social Media and Internet review sites... that are blamed for commercial "failures".
Here's a fucking radical idea:
* Stop remaking the same fucking movies (List of Film Remakes) * Stop blowing your shitty movie budget on VFX (Gods of Egypt (2016) * Stop insulting your audience's intelligence by doing dumb shit (Everything Wrong With Prometheus In 4 Minutes Or Less) * Stop the mindless violence (Everything Wrong With John Wick Chapter 2) and grow the fuck up already.
Great movies I've seen this year, sorted alphabetically: (Yeah they are from last year, whatever)
* Branded * Carrie Pilby * Concussion * Deadpool * Dunkirk * Manchester by the Sea (boring as fuck for the first hour, but gets good) * Silence
Over-rated movies in 2016 but still enjoyable
* Arrival * Doctor Strange * Secret Life of Pets * Zootopia
... when First Contact happens and causes us to rethink everything and people will want a a less complex world.
There are so many new technologies that haven't been developed yet, let alone imagined, that we'll _never_ run out of ideas to try.
The fundamental problem today is that when your R&D is tied to an artificial monetary system then yeah, no one can afford to pay for R&D. But when money is no longer the sole focus then R&D will flourish.
Here is a preview of the two most exciting technologies coming:
* Teleportation -- possible because space is relative * Time Travel -- possible because time is relative
As advanced as our computers are, they are still a joke compared to what is possible. Bio-organic computing will eventually replace electrical computing. Right now we are toying with 64+ cores / cpu. This is laughable when mammals are literally _millions_ of cores / cpu.
What passes for Artificial Ignorance (A.I.) is also a total joke -- calling a table look-up A.I. doesn't make it so. Compared to actual intelligence (a.i.) when consciousness can be measured, stored, replicated, etc.
We haven't even begin to scratch the surface of what is possible -- not from just a technological, but social, political, religious, and creative aspect.
The fallacy is thinking that our system is the standard. It isn't -- it is the exception -- we need to stop pretending the human perspective is the only one that matters, or is even right.
-- Atheist, noun, a blind man arguing with the rest of the world that color doesn't exist.
* It is hard to demo * induce vomiting nausea is NOT a selling point * Bulky glasses are Bulky * Niche market * Still an over-priced fad * Quality is all over the place
Look just because you are an Apple/Google/Microsoft shill doesn't imply that everyone else is.
Maybe you should pay more attention to history then to bitch about other people's choices who value freedom and options for the browser to work the way we want it -- even if you don't.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Ben Franklin
-- Atheist, noun, a spiritual blind man arguing with the rest of the world that color doesn't exist and everyone should all be blind like him. Theist, noun, someone with spiritual monochromatic vision who argues that everyone else seeing in other colors is wrong.
> If I did apply for the position, first they would demand I travel at my own expense to multiple in-person interviews, scheduled at the last minute in order to maximize the expense to me.
Those are crappy companies. Every company I have interviewed at paid my hotel + flight expenses.
Not every company is evil -- but I will admit there definitely seems to be a lot of bad ones who want their cake and to eat it too.
So I took Christopher Nolan's advice and saw Dunkirk at an IMAX this summer.
Nolan's Cinematic Vision in 'Dunkirk' is Hollywood's Best Defense Against Netflix. He also wants you watch the movie in the theatre, and not on streaming service Netflix, which he says he rarely uses.
There wasn't an IMAX close by so I had to take a hour ferry -- no big deal because I get to visit a good friend of mine. After paying for parking the dam theater entrance was on the back side of the building -- a 5 minute walk. OK, but this is "nickeling and diming" both literally and in travel time is starting to getting annoying. I then wander around for 10 minutes because some fucktard couldn't be arsed to put up a "Dunkirk" sign. They had a sign for another movie -- but that wasn't playing. And of course I go to the OTHER theater just to double check it wasn't playing there and of course it wasn't so back to the _first_ theater. ARGH.
So with less then 5 minutes to spare I finally get a seat -- except it is near the Left edge of the theaters. Could be worse and I could be looking up.
Except the "movie experience" is SHIT compared to home theater.
* There was literally 20 fucking minutes of ads * Now I love _clean_ bass except the whole time this loud, booming bass was drowning out everything.
Dunkirk was visually beautiful -- but I could have had a far BETTER experience on my 60" plasma at home.
Movie Theaters SUCK compared to home theaters. Advantages are:
* I always get the best set in the house * I always get to use the arm rest * Can pause the movie * Can rewind the parts I want in case I missed something or want to check something out * Go to the bathroom * Raid the fridge for snacks/drinks instead of over-paying for food * Turn on/off CC * Adjust the volume to MY liking * Don't have to listen to any idiots beside me constantly talking / snoring throughout the entire movie.
* American Paper Optics (Eclipser) / EclipseGlasses.com / 3dglassesonline.com * APM Telescopes (Sunfilter Glasses)* * Baader Planetarium (AstroSolar Silver/Gold Film)* [see note 1] * Celestron (EclipSmart Glasses & Viewers) * DayStar (Solar Glasses) * Explore Scientific (Solar Eclipse Sun Catcher Glasses) * Halo Solar Eclipse Spectacles * Jaxy Optical Instrument Co., Ltd.* [see note 2] * Lunt Solar Systems (SUNsafe SUNglasses) [see their unique kid-size eclipse glasses] * Meade Instruments (EclipseView Glasses & Viewers) * Rainbow Symphony (Eclipse Shades) * Seymour Solar (Helios Glasses) * Solar Eclipse International / Cangnan County Qiwei Craft Co.* * Thousand Oaks Optical (Silver-Black Polymer & SolarLite) * TSE 17 / 110th.de (Solar Filter Foil)*
Note 1: Baader Planetarium's AstroSolar Safety Film and AstroSolar Photo Film, sold in the U.S. by Alpine Astronomical and Astro-Physics (see below), are not certified to meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard and are not designed to work as eclipse shades or handheld solar filters. Baader's AstroSolar Silver/Gold Film, on the other hand, does meet the ISO 12312-2 safety standard for filters for eyes-only direct viewing of the Sun.
Note 2: Jaxy doesn't sell direct to customers; they manufacture for other companies. Their solar viewers could be described as "too safe" â" they block a bit more visible light than the ISO 12312-2 standard allows, rendering a safe but rather dim view of the Sun. Technically, they aren't compliant with ISO 12312-2, but because they are safe, and because several trustworthy vendors are selling eclipse glasses made by Jaxy, we include them here.
Numerous other astronomy- and science-related enterprises and organizations sell eclipse glasses made by the companies listed above. If you buy from any of the following businesses, you know you are getting ISO-compliant safe solar viewers:
-- Man Cave, noun, a place where a man can to play with all his expensive toys. Also see Garage.
> I own property but if I don't pay the property tax I lose the property.
You keep using this word "own". It doesn't mean what you think it means.
Allodial Title is the ONLY legal concept of land ownership.
But go ahead and keep complaining about "usage tax" and how you got conned into thinking you "owned" it. I suggest you go read Black's Law Dictionary in the meantime.
>They're currently enjoying lax regulatory oversight
There is _no_ oversight. The US government did NOT create the Cryptocurrencies "coins" -- the have ZERO authority to tax them. Bitcoins are private property. PERIOD.
The IRS doesn't tax my World of Warcraft gold either -- because they don't own it.
1. Jesus _never_ says nor writes anything about slavery however as as Essene/Nazirene he was strictly against such barbaric concepts -- it was a total and complete perversion of the law. Lev 19:18 "but love your neighbor as yourself."
2. If you are talking about that dumb Jew, Paul the Corruptor (*), he specifically says in Ephesians 6:5 (KJV)
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
-- (*) Paul the Corrupter was just another dumbPharisee who was completely ignorant about male horses and their long manes let alone lion's manes (1 Corinthians 11:14) Oh wait, he knew about lions so WTF was his excuse in-spite of being allegedly thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors and not nothing the _first_ thing about the Nazirene Vow ???
Slashdot Mirror
Go back to your Physics class because obviously you failed to learn the first thing about Relativity:
* spacetime is linked
* space and time are relative
While you are there go read about the Absolute Space and Time and maybe you'll learn something:
Exactly.
The "amateurs" are doing a MUCH better job then the paid shills. Who can forget:
* Mr Plinkett's Star Wars Phantom Menice review, and
* Cinema Sins
When the commentary is better then that crap that passes for movies you know there is a serious problem!
> There are awesome movies out there, but many of them are just as awesome at home on TV.
Just having control over the volume, drinks & snacks, and CC alone makes it worthwhile to stay home.
--
"Fuck Movie Theaters - they suck." -- Unknown Soldier 2017
Indeed. Hollywood loves to play the blame game. Why is it always ...
* Piracy ... that are blamed for commercial "failures".
* Social Media and Internet review sites
Here's a fucking radical idea:
* Stop remaking the same fucking movies (List of Film Remakes)
* Stop blowing your shitty movie budget on VFX (Gods of Egypt (2016)
* Stop insulting your audience's intelligence by doing dumb shit (Everything Wrong With Prometheus In 4 Minutes Or Less)
* Stop the mindless violence (Everything Wrong With John Wick Chapter 2) and grow the fuck up already.
Great movies I've seen this year, sorted alphabetically: (Yeah they are from last year, whatever)
* Branded
* Carrie Pilby
* Concussion
* Deadpool
* Dunkirk
* Manchester by the Sea (boring as fuck for the first hour, but gets good)
* Silence
Over-rated movies in 2016 but still enjoyable
* Arrival
* Doctor Strange
* Secret Life of Pets
* Zootopia
... when First Contact happens and causes us to rethink everything and people will want a a less complex world.
There are so many new technologies that haven't been developed yet, let alone imagined, that we'll _never_ run out of ideas to try.
The fundamental problem today is that when your R&D is tied to an artificial monetary system then yeah, no one can afford to pay for R&D. But when money is no longer the sole focus then R&D will flourish.
Here is a preview of the two most exciting technologies coming:
* Teleportation -- possible because space is relative
* Time Travel -- possible because time is relative
As advanced as our computers are, they are still a joke compared to what is possible. Bio-organic computing will eventually replace electrical computing. Right now we are toying with 64+ cores / cpu. This is laughable when mammals are literally _millions_ of cores / cpu.
What passes for Artificial Ignorance (A.I.) is also a total joke -- calling a table look-up A.I. doesn't make it so. Compared to actual intelligence (a.i.) when consciousness can be measured, stored, replicated, etc.
We haven't even begin to scratch the surface of what is possible -- not from just a technological, but social, political, religious, and creative aspect.
/sarcasm I'm shocked, shocked I tell you that SE Linux isn't good enough!
I thought Idiocracy (2006) was supposed to be a political satire comedy not a documentary? :-/
Not sure why "Banzai7 Institute" is plagiarizing that image -- and changing the section labels: "Smart Money" to "Wall Street and 0.01 percenters"
Original source article of the image
Bubble cycle-- Momentum, delusion, despair, hope, recovery By Neil Behrmann
* http://marketpredict.com/articles/mp-bubblecycle.htm
It is available on wikimedia
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stages_of_a_bubble.png
The majority of life has two suns not one.
Our solar system is the anomaly.
The fallacy is thinking that our system is the standard. It isn't -- it is the exception -- we need to stop pretending the human perspective is the only one that matters, or is even right.
--
Atheist, noun, a blind man arguing with the rest of the world that color doesn't exist.
No it is not our short attention spans.
VR has failed for _numerous_ reasons
* It is hard to demo
* induce vomiting nausea is NOT a selling point
* Bulky glasses are Bulky
* Niche market
* Still an over-priced fad
* Quality is all over the place
Look just because you are an Apple/Google/Microsoft shill doesn't imply that everyone else is.
Maybe you should pay more attention to history then to bitch about other people's choices who value freedom and options for the browser to work the way we want it -- even if you don't.
--
Atheist, noun, a spiritual blind man arguing with the rest of the world that color doesn't exist and everyone should all be blind like him.
Theist, noun, someone with spiritual monochromatic vision who argues that everyone else seeing in other colors is wrong.
Ah, the classic Ad Hominem fallacy -- nothing constructive to say so one resorts to childish insults.
Gee, even a Mathematician is saying that rote learning is a HORRIBLE way to "learn".
* A Mathematician's Lament aka Lockhart's Lament.
But go ahead and keep sticking your head in sand over how shitty the education system is.
* The Underground History Of American Education Book
--
Atheism, noun, a blind mad trying to tell the rest of the world that color doesn't exist.
> If I did apply for the position, first they would demand I travel at my own expense to multiple in-person interviews, scheduled at the last minute in order to maximize the expense to me.
Those are crappy companies. Every company I have interviewed at paid my hotel + flight expenses.
Not every company is evil -- but I will admit there definitely seems to be a lot of bad ones who want their cake and to eat it too.
> Firefly Movie #2 I'm talking about you.
Is that actually confirmed or is it still a rumor?
Allegedly Joss Whedon wanted a break from "summer blockbusters" after directing Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Game of Thrones.
And we're surprised by these findings???
Kids are bloody expensive. Having kids ties you down (time/space/money-wise).
I suspect this trend will continue for another few decades.
So I took Christopher Nolan's advice and saw Dunkirk at an IMAX this summer.
There wasn't an IMAX close by so I had to take a hour ferry -- no big deal because I get to visit a good friend of mine. After paying for parking the dam theater entrance was on the back side of the building -- a 5 minute walk. OK, but this is "nickeling and diming" both literally and in travel time is starting to getting annoying. I then wander around for 10 minutes because some fucktard couldn't be arsed to put up a "Dunkirk" sign. They had a sign for another movie -- but that wasn't playing. And of course I go to the OTHER theater just to double check it wasn't playing there and of course it wasn't so back to the _first_ theater. ARGH.
So with less then 5 minutes to spare I finally get a seat -- except it is near the Left edge of the theaters. Could be worse and I could be looking up.
Except the "movie experience" is SHIT compared to home theater.
* There was literally 20 fucking minutes of ads
* Now I love _clean_ bass except the whole time this loud, booming bass was drowning out everything.
Dunkirk was visually beautiful -- but I could have had a far BETTER experience on my 60" plasma at home.
Movie Theaters SUCK compared to home theaters. Advantages are:
* I always get the best set in the house
* I always get to use the arm rest
* Can pause the movie
* Can rewind the parts I want in case I missed something or want to check something out
* Go to the bathroom
* Raid the fridge for snacks/drinks instead of over-paying for food
* Turn on/off CC
* Adjust the volume to MY liking
* Don't have to listen to any idiots beside me constantly talking / snoring throughout the entire movie.
Fuck Movie Theaters -- they SUCK.
That KGW video is crap. **Which** brands are effected???
Here is a list of safe glasses:
https://eclipse.aas.org/resour...
* American Paper Optics (Eclipser) / EclipseGlasses.com / 3dglassesonline.com
* APM Telescopes (Sunfilter Glasses)*
* Baader Planetarium (AstroSolar Silver/Gold Film)* [see note 1]
* Celestron (EclipSmart Glasses & Viewers)
* DayStar (Solar Glasses)
* Explore Scientific (Solar Eclipse Sun Catcher Glasses)
* Halo Solar Eclipse Spectacles
* Jaxy Optical Instrument Co., Ltd.* [see note 2]
* Lunt Solar Systems (SUNsafe SUNglasses) [see their unique kid-size eclipse glasses]
* Meade Instruments (EclipseView Glasses & Viewers)
* Rainbow Symphony (Eclipse Shades)
* Seymour Solar (Helios Glasses)
* Solar Eclipse International / Cangnan County Qiwei Craft Co.*
* Thousand Oaks Optical (Silver-Black Polymer & SolarLite)
* TSE 17 / 110th.de (Solar Filter Foil)*
--
Man Cave, noun, a place where a man can to play with all his expensive toys. Also see Garage.
> I own property but if I don't pay the property tax I lose the property.
You keep using this word "own". It doesn't mean what you think it means.
Allodial Title is the ONLY legal concept of land ownership.
But go ahead and keep complaining about "usage tax" and how you got conned into thinking you "owned" it. I suggest you go read Black's Law Dictionary in the meantime.
> Cryptocurrencies are currently the bubble du jour
Indeed. Anatomy of a bubble
>They're currently enjoying lax regulatory oversight
There is _no_ oversight. The US government did NOT create the Cryptocurrencies "coins" -- the have ZERO authority to tax them. Bitcoins are private property. PERIOD.
The IRS doesn't tax my World of Warcraft gold either -- because they don't own it.
> Can government stop crypto? Of course. Make it illegal and ...
1. Making numbers "illegal" is idiotic.
2. Digital currency is property, not currency.
3. EO6012 does NOT apply to digital currency.
> HP typically destroys every company they acquire.
LOL, yup. Reminds me of that old joke:
Q. How do you know when a company is worthless?
A. When HP buys it !
*Zing!*
> There was one serious problem with slavery. It seems incompatible with Christianity (at least with the New Testament).
Depends who you read. Methinks you need to do more studying: Christian views on slavery
Specifically,
1. Jesus _never_ says nor writes anything about slavery however as as Essene/Nazirene he was strictly against such barbaric concepts -- it was a total and complete perversion of the law. Lev 19:18 "but love your neighbor as yourself."
2. If you are talking about that dumb Jew, Paul the Corruptor (*), he specifically says in Ephesians 6:5 (KJV)
So much for him understanding the Year of the Jubilee
--
(*) Paul the Corrupter was just another dumb Pharisee who was completely ignorant about male horses and their long manes let alone lion's manes (1 Corinthians 11:14) Oh wait, he knew about lions so WTF was his excuse in-spite of being allegedly thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors and not nothing the _first_ thing about the Nazirene Vow ???
LOL! Hadn't seen that one. Priceless!
> Markov-like chains of "hit tune" chord progressions can be mined, for example, to find decent chords.
Hell, even a 4 note chord" works. (Axis of Awesome)
You DO realize that we can perceive 4 dimensions, right? Width, Height, Depth, and Time.
It is pretty trivial to do when you group the related ones. At work I visualize 20+ dimensions.
i.e. 14 Dimensions:
* X, Y
* Width, Height
* r,g,b,a
* Rot X, Y, Z
* Scale X, Y, Z
There are numerous videos on how to visualize higher dimensions
* Jos Leys - Ãtienne Ghys - Aurélien Alvarez (Dimensions - A walk through mathematics)
* Rob Bryanton (Imagining 10 Dimensions - the Movie)